Fun Fiesta at the Faulkner County Senior Center Students in Nutrition Services Administration fed about 200 seniors this November. The class planned and executed a theme meal with a fiesta flair. Decorations included balloons, pinatas, streamers, and more. The menu was confetti slaw, seasoned green beans, fiesta rice, taco salad casserole, and pound cake with [...]

UCA reached out to the community during Falls Awareness Month this past September. Watch their segment on KTHV on the importance of falls prevention with older adults. Dr. Letha Mosley presented during AGEC's "Patient Safety: Carfit and Low vision - Older adults" continuing education program this past year. We are proud to partner with UCA [...]

Applicable CE documents will be posted soon. Unable to attend in person? Live Streaming link here: AGEC Collaborate Channel or attend at a participating remote location. Topic: Communication Impairment with Persons with Alzheimer's Disease Speaker: Richard Zraick, PhD Professor and Chair of Department of Communication and Disorders, University of Central Florida Objectives: After attending this presentation, the learner [...]

Applicable CE documents will be posted soon. Unable to attend in person? Live Streaming link here: AGEC Collaborate Channel or attend at a participating remote location. Topic: How the Caregiver Experience can Positively Impact The Patient Experience Speaker: John Schall, CEO of Caregiver Action Network Objectives: After attending this presentation, the learner should • be able to describe [...]

Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative By: Janna Hawthorne, PharmD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences In October 2015 the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) released updates to the 2012 version of the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. A. new class of drugs, proton-pump Inhibitors (PPIs), was added to the 2015 [...]

by Alicia S. Landry, PhD, RD, LDN, SNS, Assistant Professor/University of Central of Central (UCA) After age fifty, there are many metabolic and physiologic changes impacting the nutritional needs of an individual. A slower metabolic rate with age is due to a decrease in muscle mass; this results in lower caloric needs. Many older people [...]

by Kathryn A. Packard, M.Ed., MS, LPC, CDP, CADDCT UAMS Oaklawn Center on Aging / Arkansas Aging Initiative In 2013, five million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s disease and by 2050 this number is projected to rise to 14 million according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause [...]

Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative by Ronni Chernoff, PhD, FAND, FASPEN, AGEC Director and Professor, Reynolds Institute on Aging As we transition from an old year to a new one, it is always good to reflect on what we accomplished during 2015 and what our goals are for the new year. Our Geriatric Education [...]